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Ether oxygenate additives in gasoline reduce toxicity of exhausts.
Toxicology - 9 Feb 2010
Westphal G A, Krahl J, Brüning T, Hallier E, Bünger J
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Fuel additives can improve combustion and knock resistance of gasoline engines. Common additives in commercial fuels are "short-chain, oxygen containing hydrocarbons" such as methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE). Since these additives change the combustion characteristics, this may as well influence toxic effects of the resulting emissions. Therefore we compared toxicity...
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